A Denver district judge has rejected a request by John Elway and his business partner, Mitch Pierce, to receive their money before other investors who lost millions with Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller.

Elway and Pierce invested $15 million with Mueller in March. They were among 65 people who invested $71 million with Mueller since 2001, according to investigators. Only $9.5 million has been recovered.

Elway and Pierce had argued that Mueller kept their money in a trust, separate from other investors’ funds, and that it was not part of the scheme. But in rejecting that argument Nov. 23, Judge Brian Whitney said the partners “seem to rely on what information was given to them at the time of their investment rather than what actually occurred.”

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